"Van Buren County Historical Journal",Vol. 1,1981 Edition,Tony Bayless,Editor, provided by the The Barnes Family, McMinnville,TN 37110, Van Buren County Historical Journal, Vol. VII, p. 26 p. 60
"Samuel is the Blame for it All!",by the noted Middle-Tennessee historian and researcher, Robert A. C. Hillis (1919-1990). An unpublished collection of his notes provided by his wife, Leona Martin Hillis. p. 26